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FixemMoselle

A town of 397 in Moselle, Grand Est.

Is Fixem a good place to live?

Fixem is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents.

Fixem’s outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Fixem’s story

No historic monuments in Fixem

The Culture ministry lists no building in Fixem as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.

The nearest classé monument is Maison de la Dîme (ancienne), in Rettel, 2.4 mi away.

15% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Fixem.

Who lives here

Children make up 23% of Fixem, above Moselle’s towns and compared French towns

The 15-to-24 age group makes up nearly one in ten residents. People 65 and over make up 17% of the town, lower than both Moselle’s towns (22%) and compared French towns (22%). Degrees are held by 38% of adults.

40.2median age
FixemMoselle medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma13%
CAP or BEP27%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education38%

Women and men · all residents

47% women, 53% men

About 111 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Fixem
FixemMoselle medianFrance median
Under 1523%17%17%
15–248.4%11%11%
25–4429%24%23%
45–6423%27%26%
65+17%22%22%
No diploma13%23%19%
CAP or BEP27%30%26%
Baccalauréat20%17%18%
Higher education38%24%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Moselle median and France median: the median of compared communes

Work & commute

Incomes in Fixem run higher than in Moselle’s towns or compared French towns: a median €32,850 a year per consumption unit

Nearly one in ten commuters left the car at home at the census, walking, cycling or taking public transport. Unemployment stood at 7.2%, lower than both Moselle’s towns (12.3%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Fixem holds 50 jobs; 200 of its residents are in work, so 0.1 jobs each.

8%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving87%
Public transport5%
On foot2%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
50
jobs based in Fixem, 0.1 per working resident
7.2%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€32,850
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Schools

90.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, 2 points below the expected rate

Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

A collège lies 2.8 mi away.

90.0%passed the brevet

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Fixem90.0%
Median of towns87.5%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège Charles PéguyNearest collègeCollègeCollège7890%−2 pts
90.0%
passed the brevet at the collèges, −2 pts against the expected rate
2.8 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Renting in Fixem costs more than in Moselle’s towns or compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €14.73/m² a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

House rents are put at about €12.49/m² a month.

€14.73/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Fixem€14.73/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Moselle median€12.17/m²
€14.73/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€10.69 to €20.30/m² a month)
€12.49/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Nearby attractions

Ouvrage du Galgenberg and 7 more in and around Fixem

Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Fixem. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
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Everything we know about Fixem

12pages on Fixem

Landmarks

Nothing in Fixem is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.

Its history page →

Famous people from Fixem

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Fixem yet.

How we find them →

Fixem’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

All towns in Moselle →
CattenomHettange-GrandeManomYutzThionvilleTervilleCattenomHettange-GrandeManomYutzThionvilleTervilleFixem
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Fixem397—————
Cattenom2,5802.8A+AAC
Hettange-Grande7,7726A−C+AC+
Manom3,1376.4—D−—A+
Yutz17,3917.1CDB−C+
Thionville42,6587.8C−D−C−C−
Terville7,8019.2C−DBC

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

About Fixem

Commune in Moselle, Grand Est

Fixem is a commune of 397 people in the Communauté de communes de Cattenom et Environs. TownRatings compares communes, France’s local unit: each has its own mayor and its own statistics. Its area takes in the town and the countryside around it.

Built from INSEE’s 2026 official geography (COG) and IGN Admin Express boundaries

Population
397 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes de Cattenom et Environs
Département
Moselle (57)
Région
Grand Est
Area
1.4 sq mi (3.5 km²)
INSEE code
57214

Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025 · SSMSI, recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Ministry of Education (DEPP), brevet and bac results and value-added indicators, 2025 · INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses 2012–2023; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025 (care homes, emergency and maternity units, GPs, pharmacies); DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 (provisional) · INSEE, BPE 2025 and Filosofi 200 m grid (walking distances) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranking French towns against each other only, updated October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).

Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.